Wheel



(No Model.)

F. X. MYER, Jr.

WHEEL.

Patented Jan. 9, 1883.

INVENTORS ATTORNEYS WITNESSES V UN TED STATES PATENT Carton,

FRANK MYER, JR., OF LOGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES O. MYERS,OF'HOOKING COUNTY, OHIO.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,461, dated January9, 1883,

Application filed August 10, 1882. (N model.)

To all whom itmag concern Be it known that I, FRANK X. MYER, Jr., ofLogan, in the county of Hocking and State of Ohio, have invented a newand Improved Wheel, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description. 7 p

The invention consists in the improvement. of vehicle-wheels bycombining certain parts thereof, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wheel. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the hub. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of thefelly. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the end of a spoke of. the wheel.

On one end of a shaft or axle-box, A, a disk, B, is rigidly mounted, andon the opposite end a disk, 0, of like size, is loosely mounted. Thedisk 0 is provided in its inner side surface with a circular recess, D,provided with two opposite segmental enlargements, D. A disk, E,provided with two opposite segmental enlargements, E, which are smallerthan the enlargements of the recess D,

is rigidly mounted on the shaft A, and is contained within the recess D,the enlargements E passing into the enlargements D. A screw,

F, passes from the periphery of the disk 0 through the disk chordially,the inner end of the screw passing into one of the enlargement-s 0 D.The spokes G, made of thick wires or metal rods, have an eye or loop, H,at each end. The'felly J is made in the shape of a circular trough, andis provided with recesses L, into which the loops H at the outer end of5 thespokes G are inserted, which loops are held in the recesses by pinsM, passed through the loops or eyes H of the spokes. The tire K is madeof rubber, is placed in the groove or trough of the felly, and is heldin the same 40 in some suitable manner. The inner end of the spoke isinserted in the circularly-grooved edges of disks B (J, and pins N arepassed through the disks and the eyes of the spokes. The parts areunited as follows:- The spokes 5 are secured to the fellies and theinner ends are alternately secured to the disks B and O.

Then the screw F is turned to pass deeper into the disk (J. As its innerend rests against a lug or enlargement E of the fixed disk E, the loosedisk 0 will be turned in the direc- 'tion of the arrow at, whereby thelugs E will lug E against which the screw F does not rest-and the sideof the corresponding enlargement, D, for the purpose of holding the diskE in place. Then the screw F is loosened or withdrawn, and a fillingpiece is placed in the other enlargement, I). This is repeated until thespokes are as taut as may be desired.

. 1 am aware that it is not new to make a wheel with a continuousT-felly, metallic rods for spokes, and a hub having a flange at each endfor the spokes, or to connect the hub with the felly by flexible spokes,or to use two spoke-divisions fastened in two hub-bands; but

hat I do claim as new and of my invention isi 1. In a wheel, thecombination, with the fellies J and the spokes G, of the shaft or axleA, the fixed disk B, the fixed disk E, provided with opposite lugs, E,the loose disk C, provided with a recess, D, having oppositeenlargements, D, and of the screw F, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth. v

2. lo a wheel-hub, the combination, with a shaft or axle, of a loosedisk having a recess and opposite enlargements on one side, anadjusting-screw, and a rigid disk with opposite lugs, as and for thepurpose set forth.

FRANK X. MYER, JR. \Vitnesses:

CHARLES O. MYERS, FLAVIUS S. CASE.

